Category Archives: Syndicated
Philippines considers relaxing travel ban for nurses
By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines is considering allowing more nurses and other medical professionals to leave for jobs abroad after banning them from travel so they can fight coronavir...
Sep 17, 2020
Belarus planning 100-person clinical trial of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarus is considering conducting a 100-person trial of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine, the health ministry said on Thursday, adding that potential participants can now apply online at e...
Sep 17, 2020
Takeda-led COVID-19 plasma product to begin trial this month
By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - An experimental COVID-19 therapy using blood plasma, developed by Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical Co and its partners, is scheduled to begin a late-stage clinical trial ...
Sep 17, 2020
World Beef Expo Going on as Planned
Most events this past year weren’t able to go on like they were supposed to due to COVID-19. Some were canceled, some were moved to a virtual setting, and very few actually happened like normal....
Sep 17, 2020
South Korea approves Phase 2/3 trials of Celltrion’s COVID-19 antibody drug
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Thursday it has approved Celltrion Inc's experimental COVID-19 treatment for Phase 2/3 clinical trials, as the firm plans to seek an emergency use authorization f...
Sep 17, 2020
BioNTech CEO expects vaccine can be fridge-stored for two weeks
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - BioNTech expects that the experimental COVID-19 vaccine it is developing with Pfizer can be stored at refrigerator temperatures for at least two weeks, seeking to allay concerns ...
Sep 17, 2020
ECB’s de Guindos says exchange rate is fundamental for inflation
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The euro's exchange rate is a "fundamental" determinant of euro zone inflation, European Central Bank vice-president Luis de Guindos said on Thursday, joining a number of ECB pol...
Sep 17, 2020
WHO’s Ryan: don’t turn COVID-19 into ‘political football’
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization's top emergency expert, asked on Thursday about contradictory remarks by President Donald Trump and U.S. health officials on COVID...
Sep 17, 2020
EU okays 44 billion euro Italian recapitalisation scheme for virus-hit companies
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU competition regulators on Thursday gave the green light to a 44-billion-euro ($51.9 billion) Italian recapitalisation scheme for virus-hit large companies, saying this would su...
Sep 17, 2020
Euro zone August price fall confirmed, core inflation slows
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone consumer prices fell in August, the EU's statistics office confirmed on Thursday, pulled down by a drop in energy prices, but core inflation that excludes such volatile ...
Sep 17, 2020
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